Handheld gyroscopic exercise device

Abstract

A gyroscopic exercise device has a pair of handles attached to a housing. A user holds and rotates the handles along a cone-like path causing precession of a rotor, which is rotating about its spin axis, to provide resistance to the user. The device has a ring guide that holds ends of a shaft, which is coupled to the rotor. The periphery of the ring guide and the ends of the shaft are within a circular race defined by the housing. A motor attached to the ring guide drives a wheel that rotates the rotor about a spin axis by using energy provided by batteries in one of the handles. The energy passes through a conducting conduit that rotates about the precession axis. The ring guide, motor, and rotor can rotate together during precession of the rotor.

1. A gyroscopic exercise device, comprising:
 a housing; 
 a pair of handles coupled to the housing; 
 a gyroscope within the housing; 
 a drive wheel that rotates the gyroscope; 
 a motor having a shaft which is coupled to the drive wheel; 
 a conductive contact having a power supply end and a motor end, the conductive contact rotates about an axis that passes through the power supply end; and 
 a power supply in communication with the power supply end of the conductive contact, the motor end of the conductive contact being in communication with the motor, the power supply being capable of providing energy through the conductive contact to the motor. 
 
   
   
     2. The device of  claim 1 , wherein the power supply is located in one of the handles and includes a battery. 
   
   
     3. The device of  claim 1 , wherein the power supply is a battery, and the power supply end of the conductive contact has a pair of terminals in communication with the power supply. 
   
   
     4. A gyroscopic exercise device, comprising:
 a housing having an annular path; 
 a first handle coupled to one side of the housing; 
 a second handle coupled to an opposite side of the housing; 
 a shaft having a first end and a second end and a first axis, the shaft rotatably coupled to the housing about the first axis, the first end and the second end rotatably mounted in the annular path; and 
 a rotor coupled to the shaft between the first end and the second end of the shaft; 
 a power supply; 
 a drive assembly within the housing comprising a motor for spinning the rotor; and 
 a conductive conduit having a power terminal at one end and a drive terminal at the other end, the power terminal receives energy from the power supply, the drive terminal provides energy to the drive assembly, the conductive conduit rotates as the drive assembly rotates.